Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-03-14
.ATPLYMOUTH CHURCH
THE DECORATED CHURCH JANMBD TO SUP
POGATION YESTERDAY.
Many People SwOOn in the Aadience-PDminsnt
Ministers Take Part in the Seryiees-A Let
ter From DR., hcGlynn Rsad-Hsnry
E.. Ward Beseher's Successor.

New YORK, March 13.-The church on
Cranberry street, Brooklyn, made famous
by the late Henry Ward Beecher, never
presented a more joyous appearance than
it did to-day. 1t was decorated more as
foI May day festival instead of the Occa-
sion Of Plymouth's late pastors funeral
enlogy. The rays Of the spring morning
sun shone in through the east windows of
the church and reflected with exquisite
effect the beautiful shades of color of
tho hointermingling flowers and ferns. Not
a sign of Grape could be seen anywhere.
capacity. The Rev. S. +. Halliday, Mr..
Beecher's assistant, who is at present in
charge of the church, assisted the Rev. DIR.
Lyman Abbott in the conducting of the
service. Dr. Abbott spoke for over. an
hour, and the attention of the audience was
only broken by the occasional sobbing of
some OF the church members.
The evening service in the Plymouth
Church were remarkable iron the fact
that clergymen Of almost every denOmina-
tiOn were present, and spoke in eulOgy of
the late Mr. Beecher. The building was
crowded to excess, and the vestibuies were
utterly impossible, and during the service
many people tainted, and more than one
remained where they swOOned and could not
he carried out. The Rev. Mr.. Halliday con-
Quoted the services and read the following
LETTER FROM DR.. M'GLYNHDi
the depoSed priest of st. Stephens church,
New York:
NEW YORK, March Is, 1887.
'Rer. and Dear Doctor Halliday:
''I regret very much that cannot be
present this evening at the meeting in
Plymouth church, to honor the memory of
the great pastor, and to cOnGOle for the
irreparahle loss. / must, therefore, con-
tent myself with saying briefly in writing
what | should be glad to say more
fully in speech. 1t is sight of
the dawning of the better day for
" hich the world has so long yearned and
that such meeting should be possible and
that You and yours should so earnestly de
sire the presence Of a clergyman Of
u faith so remote, and too
many will say-antagonistic to yours.
Foremost in the work OF fastening
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man whose death We mourn and for whose
work we give thanks. None other so
well taught the man and land OF his time
to exalt the essential OF religion, pure and
undefled, in which we all agree, and to
minimize the differences that seem to sep
arate us To him was given to see with
clearer vision, To reveal the unequalled
genius. and, with tireieSS energy 10 make
common among men the meaning OF him
who taught Of old on the mount and by
the seashore. the care Of all religion, the
Brotherhood of man.
Il cheerfully confess that from Mr..
Heecher | learned, from the first days OF
NV ministry, new tenderness and fulnesS
OF meaning in the Our Father and | am
clad TO be able here to state that the
theology of the old church agrees with his
in this: thatthe essence of religion Is conf
munisn with God through the love Of
Him, for His own sake, and in
loving all men with the ZeSt |
with which We love ourselves, and that
while sacrifice and sacrament, creed and
ritual, prayer and sermon, and song, may |
he and are powerful helps and necessary |
manifestations of this religion, which is |
love, without it they are but mOckery |
and a blaSphemy. | thankfully count
him among the masters from whom have
learned a fuller meaning OF the prayer, !
Thy will be done on earth rs 1t Is IN
Heaven.
1--WE must all agree with Mr.. Beecher, |
that the condition and dutieSand StrlteS OF |
our temporal life are but siSus and sym
bols of Spiritual things, and that in the
warming of this whole world for liberty, |
equality and fraternity made the reign
al Justice and love five pluck out the |
religious heart of it the burden Is not |
worth the bearing, nor the battle worth the
lighting. lie and other giants of their
time have cleared the field and Eliminated
the way for a lighter progress aud helped
to 1--WE more perfect assurance OF victory IN
the strllc that is now beginning against
wider slavery than that against which he
d.alt his sturdy blOwS-the enSlaylnG oil
the masses by the claSS-and to cement Il
uSion not merely of American States,
but Of the peoples OF the world.
Stimulated and encouraged by |
his success, let Us take mp the burden ol
the peoples' wrongs where his shoulders
have laid it down and fight anew the bat
tie. if need be, till right 1t shall come, and
we see that the burden fall from our shout
ders, and weapons from our hand. we
shall have nearer vision than was gwen |
of the reign of the prince ofpeAce.
Aflectionately and lraternally,
EDWARD MCGLGNN.
TIE MUSICAL. PORTION az THE SERVICES
WAS very elaborate, and WAS rendered I'M
der the supervision of Gen. Horatio {.
King.
The speakers were DIR. GunuisOn, Uni-
yersalist, Rabbi Winter, Rev. Il. Hinston,
Baptist. DIR. Ager, Methodist, Rev. J, K,
Funk, Lutheran, Dr. Lindsay Parker, oi
Boston, DIR. Reed, unitarian, and Rev. Z.
c. Hall, Reformed Church.
All spoke in eulUgy of the late pastor oi
Plymouth Church, and they asserted their
beiiefthat he was man whose breadth OF
mind entitled them to claim hIm rs
brother in the religion OF them all.
A SecuIarist Tribute.
PITTSBURGH, PA, March l3.-At
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